handicraft
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In ancient Greece, Athena was the goddess of war, handicraft and wisdom.
From BBC ● Jan. 29, 2025
That threat is existential and highly documented: namely, the digital revolution has done to the analog world of art, media and communication what the industrial revolution did to agrarian and handicraft economies a century before.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2024
Throughout the old town, kitschy souvenir shops have replaced handicraft stalls and bookstores.
From New York Times ● Feb. 4, 2024
The museum showed an immersive installation about climate change by the Icelandic artist Jónsi this year and is currently exhibiting contemporary art and handicraft by Indigenous artists from Sápmi, Canada and Alaska.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 16, 2023
She may rely too long on Athena’s gifts— talent in handicraft and a clever mind; so cunning—history cannot show the like among the ringleted ladies of Akhaia, Mykene with her coronet, Alkmene, Tyro.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
Kashmir, which has a significant number of Shia Muslims, shares ancient connections with Iran, whose scholars are credited with introducing Islam and many fine handicrafts to the region.
From Barron's ● Mar. 2, 2026
They point to the wooden huts, food and drink, and the handicrafts as positive signs this is close to the traditional ideal.
From BBC ● Nov. 28, 2025
Brazil Potash has invested in a local school and soccer team, and has promised to help the Mura expand income from fish farming, small-scale agriculture and handicrafts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2025
They hold a bazaar to display handicrafts made by Christian and Muslim women, including food, textiles, and holiday decorations.
From Slate ● Dec. 24, 2024
They were more friendly with Elves than the other Hobbits were, and had more skill in language and song than in handicrafts; and of old they preferred hunting to tilling.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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